I have saved a drawing with several sheets to a new name and different project. I have deleted all views but still the drawing shows references in the list of linked references and when I go to insert new models/parts. How can I locate and remove these references in the drawing sheets when I can see no sign of them?

I see the evidence when I go to insert a new view and see project 1069 is opened (it is not opened, but must be in the background due to the current file being opened. I am working on a project numbered 1037.

After some experimentation I think this only happens when you create the drawing using the Make Drawing from Part/Assembly command. In this case I don't think there is any way to remove the link to the original part or assembly that the drawing was made from. I tried it out and deleted everything on the drawing so that it was a blank sheet with an empty format, and still the link remained.

I tried again except I started a blank drawing first and then inserted a part into it. In this case after deleting the part the reference went away.

So in your case if the drawing was created with the Make Drawing from Part/Assembly command then you have no choice but to redo the drawing if you want to remove the link.

When you click references in the image, it will direct you to Edit Reference File Location as shown and you can double click the location(in Folder) or the Part/ Assembly(Name) and go to the your desired path and select the one you want.

I think I have it, more or less. I changed the reference to a different assembly under PRD-1037 and now the PRD-1069 no longer shows as a link, but the second assembly I replaced does now - but at least it is for the same system, in the same directory.